Health news Exercising before surgery could help patients recover, study finds Exercising before undergoing major surgery could help patients avoid common complications like pneumonia, cardiac and abdominal problems. 13/07/2023
Tech News Meet China's caregiver robot to help the future elderly and patients The GR-1 humanoid will be able to carry patients from the bed to wheelchairs and help pick up objects. 12/07/2023
No Comment Watch: Locals evacuated from the frontline city of Kostyantynivka Under constant attacks in Ukraine's frontline city of Kostyantynivka, 64-year-old Tetiana Chyzh and her husband no longer have a choice - they are leaving. 23/04/2023
Health news Are stem cells the cure for HIV we’ve been looking for? Some scientists believe stem cell transplants may never be a scalable treatment for HIV, but every case brings us closer to a more generalised cure. 28/02/2023
Sweden Italian surgeon convicted over windpipe transplants "There is nothing to suggest that he was unaware that the operation would cause severe bodily harm and long and severe suffering," the court said in a statement. 16/06/2022
Greece Two dead after fire on hospital's COVID ward in Thessaloniki The blaze broke out at the Papanikolaou hospital on Wednesday morning. 06/04/2022
No Comment Santa Claus climbs down building to visit children in a Spanish hospital Children spending the holidays in a hospital in Barcelona get a much-needed boost from a firefighter dressed as Santa Claus, who greets them from outside a hospital window while hanging from a climbing rope outside the building, due to strict pandemic rules restricting visitors 23/12/2021
Austria Surgeon in Austria fined for amputating patient's wrong leg A regional court found the 43-year-old surgeon guilty of gross negligence. 02/12/2021
No Comment Argentina: Relatives allowed to see COVID-19 patients through windows After an initial period of many health restrictions that involved the death of thousands of COVID-19 patients in solitary confinement, Argentina began in August to promote the meeting of patients with their families through various initiatives to ensure dignified treatment. 20/12/2020
No Comment Life under lockdown in a French nursing home A region in eastern France which has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus has carried out tests for all nursing home residents and staff 19/04/2020
No Comment Coronavirus: Israel test booth allows staff-patient separation An Israeli health organization has set up a COVID-19 testing booth allowing quick tests with complete separation between medical staff and patients 19/04/2020
World News Drugmaker launches lottery for life-saving gene therapy in babies Swiss drugmaker Novartis has launched an international lottery for its groundbreaking and extremely costly gene therapy Zolgensma, sparking both hope and outrage among patients’ families. 02/01/2020
World News Doctors of Death and Nurses who Neutralise - The Scrubs Killers After a former German nurse admitted to killing 100 patients at two hospitals in Germany, Euronews takes a look at other doctors and nurses who have killed patients. 31/10/2018